Galveston County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

4,954

1.98%

95.29%

Three Races

232

0.09%

4.46%

Four Races

9

0.00%

0.17%

Five Races

4

0.00%

0.08%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Some Other Race

2,419

0.97%

46.53%

2.

White and American Indian

804

0.32%

15.46%

3.

White and Black

502

0.20%

9.66%

4.

White and Asian

481

0.19%

9.25%

5.

Black and Some Other Race

241

0.10%

4.64%

6.

Asian and Some Other Race

186

0.07%

3.58%

7.

Black and American Indian

64

0.03%

1.23%

8.

American Indian and Some Other Race

64

0.03%

1.23%

9.

Black and Asian

63

0.03%

1.21%

10.

White and Black and American Indian

51

0.02%

0.98%

11.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

43

0.02%

0.83%

12.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

42

0.02%

0.81%

13.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

35

0.01%

0.67%

14.

White and Black and Some Other Race

32

0.01%

0.62%

15.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

28

0.01%

0.54%

16.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

27

0.01%

0.52%

17.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

15

0.01%

0.29%

18.

American Indian and Asian

14

0.01%

0.27%

19.

White and Black and Asian

14

0.01%

0.27%

20.

Black and Asian and Some Other Race

14

0.01%

0.27%

21.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

11

0.00%

0.21%

22.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

9

0.00%

0.17%

23.

White and American Indian and Asian

7

0.00%

0.13%

24.

White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

6

0.00%

0.12%

25.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

5

0.00%

0.10%

26.

Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

4

0.00%

0.08%

27.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.08%

28.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.08%

29.

American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.04%

30.

White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.04%

31.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.02%

32.

Black and American Indian and Asian

1

0.00%

0.02%

33.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.02%

34.

White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.02%

35.

Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.02%

36.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race